Pathogens and Vectors Flashcards by Molly Philbin

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum

A

Tick

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Babesia microti

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Ixodes tick

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Ixodes tick

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Dengue virus

A

Mosquito

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Loa loa

A

Deer, horse, or mango fly

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Onchocerca volvulus

A

Female black fly

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Plasmodium species

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Mosquito (Anopheles)

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Louse

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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Tick

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Trypanosoma brucei

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Tsetse fly

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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Reduviid bug (“kissing bug”)

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West Nile virus

A

Mosquito

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Yellow fever virus

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Mosquito

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Yersinia pestis

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Fleas – from rats and prairie dogs

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Bartonella bacilliformis

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sand fly

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Borrelia recurrentis

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Louse

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Brugia malayi

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Mosquito

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Chikungunya virus

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Mosquito

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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

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Tick

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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Lone star tick

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Francisella tularensis

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rabbit

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Japanese encephalitis virus

A

Mosquito

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Leishmania donovani

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Sandfly

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Orientia tsutsugamushi

A

Mites

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Rickettsia akari

A

Mites

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Rickettsia typhi

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Fleas

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Rift Valley fever

A

Mosquito, touching infected animal blood, or drinking infected animal milk

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St. Louis encephalitis virus

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Culex mosquito

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Wuchereria bancrofti

A

Mosquito